Senior Seminar: From Prussia with love: romance meets reality in the Kaiserreich Credit Hours: 3.0 This course explores the literature of the Wilhelmine Empire (1871-1918), with a focus on realistic fiction offering a window onto the lived experience of Germans from different social classes in a rapidly modernizing Germany. Most of the stories concern young people in romantic relationships, around which the burning issues of the day swirl, crystalize, and usually explode: the impact of industrialization on small town, city, and family life; the conflict between science/scientism and traditional religion; the rise of the lower classes as a political and cultural force; women’s education and self-determination; masculinity and militarism. We will read short stories, plays, and novels by authors such as Theodor Fontane, Hedwig Dohm, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Clara Viebig, as well a wide variety of shorter texts that help us understand the culture of the time. Taught in German. Spring 2023 MWF 10:20-11:10 Dr. Alexander Sager Prerequisites: GRMN 3020 Semester Offered: Spring Course Type: German Courses Level: Undergraduate
